- πείρω
- πείρωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to perforate, to pierce, to pervade'; as simplex ep. poet., w. prefix also (late) prose. On the aorist πορεῖν s. v.Other forms: Aor. πεῖραι, perf. midd. πέπαρμαι (Il.), aor. pass. παρῆναι (Hdt.).Compounds: Often w. prefix, e.g. δια-, ἀνα-, κατα-, περι-.Derivatives: (Very condensed survey): A. From the full grade: 1. διαμπερ-ές adv. `right through, continuously' (Il., Schwyzer 513). 2. περ-όνη f. `brooch, buckle' (Il.; like βελ-όνη, ἀκ-όνη a.o.) with -ονίς, -όνιον, -ονίδιον, -ονάω, -όνημα, -ονητήρ, -ονητρίς. -- B. From the full grade with o (1. and 2. semantically independent of the verb): 1. πόρος m. `passage, ford, narrowing, journey, road, way; means, way out', pl. `earnings' (Il.) with a. πορ-εύς, -ιμος; b. πορ-εύομαι, -εύω `to carry, to provide' (IA.), from which -εία, -εῖον, -ευμα, -ευσις, -ευτικός; c. πορ-ίζω, -ίζομαι `to bring about, to provide oneself' (IA.), from which -ισμός, -ισμα, -ιστής, -ιστικός. As 2. member a. o. in ἄ-πορος `with no way out, impassable, destitute' (Pi., IA.) with ἀπορ-έω, -ία. 2. πορ-θμός m. `ferry (ferry place, ferry road), strait, sound' (IA.; like στα-θμός a.o.) with -θμίς, -θμιος, -θμικός, -θμεύς, -θμεύω, -θμεία, -θμεῖον, -θμευμα u.a. - On πόρπη, πόρπαξ s.v.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [816] *per- `bring over'Etymology: With the yot-present πείρω agrees phonet. and semant. OCS na-perjǫ `pierce'; the aorist πεῖραι has a formal agreement in Skt. aor. subj. párṣat(i) `may he carry over' (IE *per-s-); here the reduplicated pres. pí-par-ti. The meaning `carry over, ferry over' is still found in Greek in πόρος, πορθμός. Beside πόρος stands in Germ. a corresponding IE ā-stem, OWNo. fǫr, OE faru f. `voyage, expedition' (would be Gr. *πορά); here further Thrac. PN in -παρος, -παρα. The family has further a great many representatives in several languages, e.g. in Latin por-ta, -tus, -tāre, in Germ. OHG etc. faran `fare', in Armen. heriwn `piercer', which learn nothing for πείρω a. con.; s. also πορεῖν (and πέρνημι{{)}. -- WP. 2, 39 f., Pok. 816f., W.-Hofmann s. porta, Mayrhofer s. píparti2 w. further details a. lit.Page in Frisk: 2,491-492
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.